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street. looks like it's all open. i'm going to go talk to some of the nypd, see if we can figure out more. this looks like a good sign here as far as i can tell right now. at least in terms of allowing traffic through the area. tony? >> poppy, let me hand you over to my colleague. you're in great hands here with kyra phillips as we continue with "cnn newsroom." >> poppy is with us on the scene. she was working a story on the big new year's celebration that's going to take place in times square. that took a bit of a turn once this suspicious van came about that authorities were intere...

photojournalists brought to you this year. tune in this weekend to see the very best of the in focus stories saturday afternoon at 3:00 eastern. i'm heidi collins, "cnn newsroom" continues with tony harris. >> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 30th of 2009. here are the top stories. a trail of missed opportunities, from nigeria to detroit. eight years after 9/11, u.s. agencies aren't communicating about potential terrorists. the iranian regime calling thousands of supporters to the streets. anti-government protesters are told to stay away or expect no mercy. a...

so you can get what you want. when you want it. at the price you need. today... and tomorrow. that's our promise. and that's... ingredients for life. safeway. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> 14 people lost their homes to this four-alarm apartment fire while dozens others of neighbors in aspen hill must shiver in the cold because the power is cut off. we have firefighters saying that the fire may have started in the wall space. >> some people went from living in their apartment to their van as flames wept through the apartment. >> we can't go in because...

prevent future acts of terrorism. >> reporter: in june congress prohibited the use of full-body scanning machines until privacy issues could be explored further. but now the 150 ordered by the government could be rushed into use. t.j. winick, abc news, washington. and we will have more coverage of the terror investigation throughout the morning. later on "good morning america," more insight for the radical hotbed of yemen. and the role politics may be fighting. reports of a double suicide bombing in western iraq. two bombers blew themselves up in ramadi. earlier reports say ten p...

forgot about it, and it went right through. we didn't realize it until we were on the plane. >> we're totally out of time. i'm so sorry because both of your stories are fascinating. thanks, larry, for letting me sit in tonight. it's time for erica hill and "ac 360." tonight we begin with breaking news. president obama calling it a case of human failure and a failure of the system. failure to stop the alleged christmas bomber from getting a plane just hours after he says that, cnn learns of the who and how of a breakdown that was never supposed to happen after 9/11. what we're learn...